The Pioneers

Podcast: World Football Club Crests

World Football Club Crests [Credit: Leonard Jägerskiöld Nilsson and Bloomsbury] We talk to Leonard Jägerskiöld Nilsson, author of World Football…

6 years ago

Historic Grounds: Le Stade Yves-du-Manoir

Le Stade Yves-du-Manoir is getting a refit for its second Olympiad (taken in 2019) It was the host stadium for…

6 years ago

Podcast: Football in India

Indian football dates back to the 1870s [image via Unsplash.com] You may believe - rightly - that cricket is the…

6 years ago

Podcast: The History of Women’s Football

Women's football in the US [Credit: Jeffrey Lin via Unsplash] Recorded ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup in France…

6 years ago

Podcast: The Roots of US Soccer

J&P Coats, early champions of the American Soccer League At the time that association football took hold in the USA…

6 years ago

Podcast: Football in Pre-Partition Ireland

Patrick O'Connell, the Dubliner who signed for a record £1,000 for Manchester United in 1914 pictured in his Hull City…

6 years ago

Podcast: The Corinthian-Casuals

The Corinthians in 1894 [Credit: Corinthian-Casuals FC] Down in the seventh tier of English football you will find one of…

6 years ago

Podcast: The Remarkable Story of Ernö Erbstein

Erbstein with players from his legendary 'Il Grande Torino' team [Image via Dominic Bliss] Ernö Egri Erbstein is a name…

6 years ago

Podcast: Juventus

We discuss the past, present and future of Italy’s most-popular football club, Juventus, with Turin-based Adam Digby, author of Juventus: A…

6 years ago

Podcast: Who was Don Patricio?

In this podcast, we hear about the fascinating life of Patrick O’Connell, who had an impressive playing career around the…

7 years ago